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ABBAS MEETING: The pool has emerged from the Oval Office session. Key takeaways...

— Obama pressed the need for a two state solution.

— He said that Israel has to stop settlements and commit to viable Palestinian state.

— Obama said it's in America's best interest for Israel to be safe and secure. (5:49 p.m.)

MORE: Abbas told Obama through a translator that he is “fully committed to uphold our obligations” on the road map Obama has outlined “from A to Z.” (5:56 p.m.)

AND: Asked about what Obama would talk to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah about when the two meet next week, Obama said, “I don't think it's in Saudi Arabia's interests to have a situation in which our economy is dependent — or disrupted constantly — by huge spike in energy prices.” — Amie Parnes (6:09 p.m.).

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived at the W.H. and walked into the West Wing with a large entourage. (4:01 p.m.)

NOW: Still photographers just returned from the Oval Office where Obama and Abbas are meeting. They talked quietly among themselves with an interpreter standing between them. Reporters are still in the Oval Office. -- Amie Parnes (5:24 p.m.)

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MAKING IT OFFICIAL: The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to withdraw an order requiring the disclosure of dozens of photographs depicting abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody. — Josh Gerstein (3:41 p.m.).

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Gibbs wrapped up his briefing a little while ago. Here's what you need to know:

- Gibbs was pressed repeatedly on Sotomayor’s views on abortion. His firm line: Obama and the judge hada “general discussion about constitutional interpretation” and Obama felt “very comfortable” that she shares his view of the document. Insisted Obama didn't ask point-blank about Roe, and that had "no reason to believe" anyone else did.

- Stayed on message on North Korea: “This is what the North Koreans said they were going to do…their actions are simply hurting themselves.”

- Asked about appointing bundlers to ambassadorial jobs, Gibbs referred reporters to Obama’s previous statement that his ambassadorial appointments would include “some excellent public servants, but who haven’t come through the ranks of civil servants.”

- Gibbs also announced that Obama will the next G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.

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GIBBS BRIEFING -- FROM THE TOP: Opening announcement -- Obama will host an international economic summit in Pittsburgh after the next U.N. General Assembly meeting.

Gibbs says the Pa. city "has seen its share of economic woes in the past, but because of foresight and investment is now...giving birth to renewed industries that are creating the jobs of the future." (1:56 p.m.)

ABORTION RIGHTS: Pressed on Obama's conversation with Sotomayor, and whether he's confident of her views on Roe, Gibbs says Obama and the judge had a "general discussion about constitutional interpretation" and Obama left feeling "very comfortable" that she shares his view of the document. (2:00 p.m.)

Tapper challenges Gibbs on a stimulus-funded project in D.C. that the administration was advertising, saying the local D.C. housing authorities claimed far less money was spent there than the White House said. Gibbs more or less concedes the point, saying the White House report "took a series of projects and cut and paste into one." (2:03 p.m.)

On DADT, Gibbs coughs up the standard line about working with the Joint Chiefs, the Pentagon and Congress to make some changes.

MORE ROE: Chip Reid asks Gibbs if Obama quizzed Sotomayor specifically on the right to privacy, saying "asking about a right to privacy...is not asking about a particular case."

"I feel comfortable with my answer," Gibbs says. (2:06 p.m.)

ON TORTURE PHOTOS: "I think the Pentagon has been very clear...saying that the story's not true," Gibbs says, TRASHING the UK media: "You're not going to find very many of these newspapers and truth within 25 words of each other." (2:09 p.m.)

After an exchange with Weisman about the budget, Knoller asks about Obama appointing bundlers to ambassadorial jobs: "Is that changing the way Washington works?"

Gibbs refers Knoller to Obama's previous statement that his ambassadorial appointments would include "some excellent public servants, but who haven't come through the ranks of civil servants." (2:16 p.m.)

Gibbs again denies that the admin has had any involvement in plant closing decisions. Major Garrett suggests Dem donors have had an easier time surviving closings: "Any taint of politics in any of these decisions?"

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Robert Gibbs's briefing is coming up in a few minutes. Here are some questions for the president's spokesman:

— In light of the newly released wiretaps, should Roland Burris resign?

— Joe Sestak says he's full steam ahead on a challenge to Arlen Specter. Would the president really campaign against a Democratic member of Congress on behalf of a party switcher?

— President Obama joked last night about a gay rights activist shouting at him to keep his promises, and said: "I don’t know which promise he was talking about." Does the president not believe he made any firm promises to the gay community?

— Do you believe Roxana Saberi's treatment in Iranian prison was acceptable? In case you didn't hear her NPR interview, she described being "interrogated for several hours, from morning until evening, blindfolded, facing a wall, by up to four men, and threatened…that [she] would be put in prison for 10 to 20 years or more or even face execution."

— After decrying the excessive influence of money in politics throughout the 2008 campaign, the president appointed three totally unqualified fundraisers to be his ambassadors to the U.K., France and Japan. Isn't this the crassest kind of patronage? (1:19 p.m.).

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NBC News is moving in...at least for the next two days. The network will begin taping its day in the life of the White House tomorrow, and crews are carting in tons of equipment at the NW gate. -- Amie Parnes (12:24 p.m.)

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Sotomayor is not expected to be making any other calls to senators on the Judiciary Committee this week, a W.H. aide said. The SCOTUS nominee will instead wait to speak with the other senators until next week when she sees them face to face. -- Amie Parnes (11:59 a.m.).